Crystallography typically studies collections of point particles whose interaction forces are the gradient of a potential. Lifting this assumption generically gives rise in the continuum limit to a form of elasticity with additional moduli known as odd elasticity. We show that such odd elastic moduli modify the strain induced by topological defects and their interactions, even reversing the stability of, otherwise, bound dislocation pairs. Beyond continuum theory, isolated dislocations can self propel via microscopic work cycles active at their cores that compete with conventional Peach-Koehler forces caused, for example, by an ambient torque density. We perform molecular dynamics simulations isolating active plastic processes and discuss their experimental relevance to solids composed of spinning particles, vortexlike objects, and robotic metamaterials.
Simons Foundation
PHY-1748958 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Kadanoff-Rice Postdoctoral Fellowship
Bloomenthal Fellowship
Heising-Simons Scholarship
James Franck Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Award
1746045 / National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; National Science Foundation (NSF)
W911NF-19-1-0268 / Complex Dynamics and Systems Program of the Army Research Office
DMR-2011854 / University of Chicago Materials Research Science and Engineering Center - National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Physics
Web of Science ID
WOS:000738101000006
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85122539485
Other Identifier
991021877483704721
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